A Booming Trading Market

It was clear that everyone in the chat channel was struggling with the food problem.

None of them knew how to obtain food.

In fact, during the newbie protection period,

there were some low-level wild monsters around everyone's camp. They were also the source of food in the early stages.

Since they were grouped as a family, all four of them had combat ability.

If they fought together, dealing with level one or two wild monsters would not be a problem.

But because they were too frightened or had poor adaptability, they did not dare stray too far from the snowfield, much less fight those wild monsters.

At that moment, the chat channel suddenly erupted into a commotion.

"Look! Fang Long from the Three Heroes Association is selling food again!"

"100g of beast meat for 100 wood or 50 stone. Weapons and equipment get priority! Anyone with extra materials, hurry up and trade!"

"Damn... that's way too expensive. All my resources combined aren't even worth that much."

"What do you know, brother upstairs? Do you know how precious food is right now? Are those resources worth more than your life?"

"That's right. If you won't buy it, plenty of others will!"

"Don't fight me for it! I'm fucking starving to death!"

Cao Xing looked at the chat channel thoughtfully.

The food Fang Long had listed was a piece of wild boar meat. Although the price was absurdly high, it was completely snapped up in less than three seconds.

Cao Xing thought to himself, 100g of beast meat is selling for such a high price. That's practically draining an entire camp of its resources.

And while those who trade away their supplies can recover a little fullness, they'll be in trouble afterward.

They'll likely lack the resources needed to develop.

Even if they manage to develop, they'll probably fall several days behind. Once the newbie protection period ends, it'll be GG for them.

Cao Xing checked the records.

This seemed to be Fang Long's seventeenth time selling food.

One could imagine how many resources he had gathered through these transactions.

Cao Xing continued thinking, A wild boar is about the same size as a snow wolf. In other words, he probably doesn't have much meat left.

With that in mind, Cao Xing also posted a trade listing on the market.

Consigned item: Fresh Bear Meat (Blue) *100g. First consumption: Strength +2, Constitution +2.

Wanted items: Wood *10, Stone *5, Iron *1. Mithril, elemental crystals, and other materials can be traded in large quantities!

At the very least, there had to be a purchase limit—one purchase per person. Otherwise, if you were really doing charity, there would be a tenfold gap compared to Fang Long. He traded 100g of meat for 100 wood, then people could use 10 wood to trade for your 100g of bear meat. That would mean 100g of meat directly became 1,000g of bear meat. Fang Long said he had never met anyone so foolishly generous in his life. Consignor: Cao Xing. Seller's note: Bear meat that increases fullness and attributes. Large stock available. Accepting all kinds of materials, blueprints, skill books, and equipment.

Then, Cao Xing began setting prices for the various items.

One elemental crystal = one piece of bear meat.

One mithril = one piece of bear meat.

Equipment blueprints = five to ten pieces of bear meat.

Skill books = five to ten pieces of bear meat.

Cao Xing recorded the items one by one. He even added bullets, all with clearly marked prices.

At that moment, many survivors in the regional channel who had already built markets suddenly noticed the bear meat listings.

Then they rubbed their eyes in disbelief.

Huang Qiufeng: "Holy shit! Blue-grade bear meat that can even increase attributes!"

"Brothers, hurry and check the market! Someone is selling bear meat that increases attributes!"

Upon hearing the news, many survivors were somewhat bewildered.

"What? Meat that increases attributes? I've never seen anything like that."

They immediately opened the market, then were all stunned by the listings.

"God, it's real!"

"The price is so cheap too. Ten wood can be traded for 100g of bear meat, and one elemental crystal can even get you an entire piece of bear meat!"

"My God, is this fake? Is this guy doing charity work?"

The survivors' eyes were filled with disbelief.

After all, they all knew how terrifyingly expensive food was right now.

And this was bear meat that increased attributes!

However, they soon learned that it was real.

A survivor named Yang Lin said excitedly, "Holy shit! I got it! I got it!"

"I traded 50 stone directly for an entire piece of bear meat. It's enough to raise the attributes of my whole family!"

"What?"

Once the first survivor completed a trade,

the other survivors immediately began trading like mad.

"Holy shit! Holy shit! My trade went through too! Ten iron for an entire piece of bear meat—this is incredible!"

"Elemental crystals! Who has elemental crystals? One crystal can get you an entire piece of bear meat! Hurry!"

"I traded one skill book for five pieces of bear meat. This is amazing!"

"..."

At that moment, the regional channel had completely descended into a frenzy.

The survivors who had managed to grab bear meat were beside themselves with excitement.

They all knew how profitable it was to trade those supplies for bear meat.

Some even posted the bear meat's information in the world channel, making survivors outside Region 174 envy them immensely.

Ed Stafford: "Oh! My God, it's bear meat. I've never fought a bear in my life."

Qiu Weichao: "It provides so many attributes. For warrior classes, it's simply a blessing."

Deguchi Shuichiro: "Bastard! Why am I not in Region 174? Why has no one in our Region 11451 gotten bear meat like this?"

Meanwhile, Cao Xing was being flooded by a torrent of trade notifications.

Trade successful: You received Iron *10. You lost Fresh Bear Meat (Blue) *1.

Trade successful: You received Stone *5. You lost Fresh Bear Meat (Blue) *100g.

Trade successful: You received Soldier Standard Longsword Blueprint (Green) *1. You lost Fresh Bear Meat (Blue) *5.

Cao Xing had set very reasonable prices. Even if someone only had a small amount of supplies, they could still trade with him.

For a time, nearly all survivors in Region 174 received the news.

After all, the earlier one consumed an item that could increase attributes, the more it could improve one's safety in this world.

Cao Xing practically watched the resources in his territory grow like crazy!

Before long,

he had obtained 5,400 wood, 3,200 stone, 342 iron, 43 Basic Elemental Crystals, one green blueprint, and 20 mithril!

Even if twelve Polar People mined at full capacity for nearly half a month, they might not be able to gather this much.

And so far, he had only paid out a total of 215 pieces of bear meat.

Cao Xing still had a full 1,000 pieces of bear meat left in his backpack!

At that moment, Cao Xing could not help swallowing. "I'm rich, I'm rich! This time, I'm completely rich!"

Looking at the materials in his backpack, Cao Xing decided to use them to increase his strength first.

He would upgrade the campfire first, then upgrade the Lord's Cabin as well.

After that, he would upgrade the Polar People Cabin and recruit more Polar People to work.

Then, Cao Xing could even construct a powerful building like the Basic Elemental Arrow Tower, greatly improving his territory's defensive capabilities.

Thus, Cao Xing stopped the market trades. He was going to call all the Polar People back and prepare to upgrade the buildings.

Hearing Cao Xing's summons, the Polar People put down their work and headed toward the camp.